Is diet soda really bad for you?

1. Posted by Balkrishna Naipaul on Tue, Jan 29, 2008

What works for me is a warm cup of milk with one or two teaspoonfuls of honey, just before going to bed. The honey helps to release the tryptophan in the milk and hence speeds up sleep.

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2. Posted by 88eve88 on Tue, Jan 29, 2008

"Drinking Diet Coke while eating Mentos candies can create a mildly explosive reaction in your body." NOT TRUE! While the Mentos Diet Coke explosion is true for external tests, the same cannot be said for internal ones. A "mildly explosive reaction" does not occur inside you.

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3. Posted by rosathiel on Wed, Jan 30, 2008

No comment has been made in reference to the way the human body handles aspartame. I have read in health articles that aspartame is not recognized by the body as food, or as anything it knows what to do with , so it is stored in the cells, which is like piling up garbage and reducing the effectiveness of your body at the cellular level! The more you ingest the more puffy and toxic you are likely to get. Why even put this in your body? Incidentally, the only gum I have found without aspartame is cinnamon.

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4. Posted by Philipwellness on Tue, Feb 05, 2008

There may be another reason diet drinks are bad for you. When you drink them, the body is expecting a big hit of sugar, so it sets up the system to break this down quickly. However, the big hit of sugar never arrives. The body may go into overdrive, processing sugar and causing your blood sugar to plummet. You immediately start craving sugar and may well go on a junk food binge, stuffing anything in your mouth that will boost your blood sugar levels. Hence, diet drinks can actually cause to gain wait.

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5. Posted by cristina on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

i know drinking diet coke is not really good in our health especially the kids ,if you drink more coke or any kind of soda, it's really explosives in human body. you know what it can be also bowl cleaner. From now on i will not let my kids to drink coke.

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6. Posted by justchecking on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

Well, some of that information isn't really helpful as Aspartame is an artificial sweetener, and once it enters a persons body, it changes to formaldehyde which preserves fat.

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7. Posted by Ratan on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS! I found some of these drinks contain HYDROGEN PEROXIDE! I don't know why they need it in a "soft drink". We use this solvent to remove organic contaminations from rock. See it for yourself: buy a bottle of HP from a Dollarama or wherever (cost a dollar). Put it on the ceramic tiles or any dirty surface. You'll find effervescence and a clean surface behind. Well, if you want to "clean" your stomach may be it's good idea to have these HP loaded drinks.

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8. Posted by 5stringeringer on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

The article makes no mention of reports released linking the CO2 in the beverage (any carbonated beverage) to poor bone health. The reports contend that the carbon dioxide bonds with magnesium in the blood, thus depriving one's bones of a much-needed mineral. Mentos and Diet Coke? Is that really something worth discussing in a health article? Did I miss something, and that's a typical snack combo? Nothing like a cool Diet Coke and a pack o' Mentos on a hot day...

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9. Posted by Emmett on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

you know, even though I think that drinking diet pop isn't going to kill you, aspartame IS a chemical, and many people are violently reactive to the stuff....do we want a unnatural element in our body? I would rather have sugar in my body then aspartame.... alas, everything in moderation right?

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10. Posted by The Stu on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

If diet drinks are so bad, and can actually cause you to gain weight,and do all sorts of horrible things to your body, how did I go from 334 Lbs to 215 Lbs 14 months whilst drinking 2L of Diet Coke/Pepsi per day? I did some hard work and self discipline. Don't blame the food, blame yourselves.

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11. Posted by H Cat on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

I think we have just heard a new crop of urban aspartame myths. Rosathiel your body wouldn't recognize stones as food would it? Do you think it would just stuff them in cells too?????Duhhhhhhhhh and 5stringer there is always carbon dioxide in our blood.

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12. Posted by Evieluvsu on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

I agree with everyone on here with comments about "aspartame". That chemical is POISON. I am no expert, doctor or scientist but I recommend not to drink Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet anything! Stick to what is proven to be healthy like ... hmmmm, ah yes...water! Aspartame is like formaldehyde in your blood. If you are not dead, why embalm yourself! Just food for thought! ;-)

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13. Posted by bilthy.geo on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

donald rumsfeld was ceo of searle when aspartame was approved. drinking formaldehyde is not good for you. regular soft drinks aren't good for either, they're just sugar and very acidic, no nutrients. you need nutrients in yer food or its not food.

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14. Posted by Ian on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

It's no secret that regular soft drinks are far worse for you than diet drinks simply because of all the sugar. High risk of diabetes, obesity, and tooth decay. You might as well just pour sugar into a bottle of water and drink it, save yourself a few bucks, for the same effect. LOL

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15. Posted by ZK on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

aspartame is now linked to a multitude of health problems when consumed at the levels these "addicts" are consuming. just from personal experience, my previous employer gave us free sodas and everyone drank diet coke all day long. it caused me to be hungrier, my mood darkened considerably, my weight fluctuated and my hair become noticeably thinner. since i've gone back to all water and tea, these problems are subsiding. my hair is even growing back the way it used to be. my advice: say no to the diet crack!

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16. Posted by mckahlan_2004 on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

Lois M, aspartame does NOT turn to formaldehyde. This is just yet another big fat aspartame myth.

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17. Posted by ZK on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

Ian B there's no sugar in american soft drinks anymore. diet drinks have chemicals and regular drinks have high fructose corn syrup. corn syrup is the leading cause of obesity in americans. it is in just about every "sweet" food product in the US and is making our nation fat, lazy and as a result, apathetic about health. all just so the corn industry can get its grubby hands on more cash. nice. but alas, that's what we've made of capitalism. we've let corporations degrade the quality of everything we buy so they can show investors bigger profits each year and stay in business. sad but true. if you want "real" coke with actual sugar in it, you'll need to go down to mexico. i had some last year and it was delicious.

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18. Posted by julius49g on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

Aspartame is not cancerigene according to the IARC who is the big institution studying cancer chemicals. FDA does not consider Aspartame as a dangerous chemical and not a cancer-prone compound. I studied it carefully and the answers are non conclusive. Not negative. IARC stopped its research or delayed it. (I can be wrong). But FDA never considered it as cancer prone. that is sure. FDA.Gov and IARC.org do your homework. This is a hoax, the worst ever. A racket. I am diabetic so I drink it since 1980 and I smoke. But I am diabetic only. The only reason is that VP of USA was on the board of the company who discovered Aspartame (eli Lilly) and during the 80's, Aspartame was considered as an incredible achievement by all researchers in the world. Were all they wrong? WERE ALL THEY WRONG? WAS "NATURE'S STAFF WRONG? Another myth: coke is supposed to clean brass. WRONG. And it was proven safe for stomach (2 evidences). But it contains like all soft drinks, enough sugar to cause deseases and i know one case were sugar killed a wonderful man. Plain coke is not good for health but diet coke is good. Coke causes an addiction due to its amount of cafeine and this is known. I gave two sources: IARC.org and FDA.gov. Beware the sugar in soft drinks. This is a killer. Finally, Aspartic acid is one of the proteins buiding the DNA (the 4 amino acids named bases. And it is a sort of vitamin. (This is not Aspartame). The ignorants and manipulators should shut their mouths because what they say can lead to accusations of fraud. And it will. Check what I wrote to be sure. I may be slightly wrong. ASK I.A.R.C. and ask F.D.A. So you know Distilbene? Thalidomide? These were drugs that destroyed lives, among them, mine. But you don't know them. And it's normal. These drugs caused s

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19. Posted by Piano66 on Tue, Feb 12, 2008

My two coleagues had stroke at 39 & 40. One neighbour had a stroke when 33. I've noticed that they had one thing in common: they all drank diet drinks. That's when I look at all sources of information, and sure enough, there are unerring links between the two. So regardless of what article says, stay away from diet drinks. And yes, sugar is less harm than aspartane. Do your own search. There is plenty of info to support the statement.

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20. Posted by Matteo on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

ONE THING I HAVE TO SAY. EUROPE HAS BANNED ASPARTHAME. KINDA MAKES YOU THINK, I SAY NORTH AMERICA IS THE GUINIE PIG OF THE WORLD. WERE FATTER, SLOWLER, NOT AS ELABRATE, AND ARE THE MOST STRESSED. KINDA MAKES YOU THINK,

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21. Posted by corruptionhater on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

Jesus H. Christ; what a load of crap. The soda companies and whomever makes their artificial sweeteners can afford to pay for whatever "studies" they want that put their products in a positive light. Lying B@stards.

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22. Posted by corruptionhater on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

What a load of crap. The soda manufacturers and whomever makes the sweeteners for them can afford whatever "studies" they want, and pay whomever they want, to put a positive spin on their products. One of aspartame's ingredients is methanol, which is WOOD ALCOHOL. It's highly toxic. If Coke wnats us to believe otherwise, they're lying b@st@rds. Typical corporate sleaze.

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23. Posted by corruptionhater on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

What a load of crap. The soda manufacturers and whomever makes the sweeteners for them can afford whatever "studies" they want, and pay whomever they want, to put a positive spin on their products. One of aspartame's ingredients is methanol, which is WOOD ALCOHOL. It's highly toxic. If Coke wants us to believe otherwise, they're lying b@st@rds. Typical corporate sleaze.

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24. Posted by A person on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

Aspartame has been shown to sometimes cause cancer, so why not just drink sparkling water instead?

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25. Posted by Kreutz on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

My goodness people, where are you coming from. Aspertine may not be healthy but it sure beats the heck out of sugar, which tests have proven is not good for you because of yada yada. Every person has an opinion here but lets get some facts. Your all guessing.

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26. Posted by Nathan Explosion on Wed, Nov 26, 2008

While I'm with corruptionhater in his assessment of the bias of all those so-called "studies" (always follow the money when considering anything that anyone tells you), I'd caution against looking at chemical compounds in quite such a cimplistic manner. Chemical compounds don't necessarily change their properties in very linear ways when changes are made to the compound. The most innocuous components could turn deadly when the atoms of each individual substance are re-arranged or combined with atoms of other substances to from molecules of the deadlilest explosives or poisons, and the other way around. The atoms of water are a component of some of the most corrosive acids, for example. (Further, you can kill someone with a chunk of ice if you drop it on their head from a few stories above, while if you melted this chunk first, it wouldn't cause any harm. Or you can boil a person to death in hot water or burn them with steam. Same linear chemical composition in all cases, though.) So, be careful about judging a substance's properties based simply on its linear chemical formula.

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27. Posted by charengiman1031 on Tue, Dec 09, 2008

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28. Posted by Vincenzo on Wed, Dec 17, 2008

corruptionhater, one of aspertame's ingreadients is not methanol Wood alcool but Maltitol which is a bi-product of malt fermentation (Whiskey and Beer) where on one side is alcool and the other is the fermetation waste, this waste is reprocessed and the sweet part of this yeast is used as a sweetener since to produce alcool bacteria digest all the sugars to produce yeast this reprocessed can be a sugar substitute as it is pasty and does not break down(yeast is a mold), they add chemicals to break it down making it into Aspertame so you can use it in food products. Millions of diabetics use aspertame and have not died from it, unlike Saccharin which was actually a rat poison developped as a sweetner and was made with Methanol.

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29. Posted by thumper on Wed, Dec 17, 2008

stick to water , better for you.

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30. Posted by Jenny on Wed, Dec 17, 2008

I have been drinking d. pepsi (2l/day) since I was in my early 20's (now 40). I quite last week. Cold. As dumb as it sounds, you get addicted to the taste of the stuff. I did not drink anything else. I quite because of what I have read. Myth/not, it's not worth a soda. Currently I am very overweight, so I'll keep an eye on this too. So week one... I am so damn tired. No energy. I can sleep forever and still wake tired. Good thing though, my stomach pain has subsided greatly and other side effects (burping lots) are not as noticable. Hand tremors are much better. And sugar cravings are way down!! :) I don't know if these were a side effect or not, but I do know that they were there, and now they aren't. I'm keeping a record of it, because I was a serious diet pop drinker.

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